HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

112 HWHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.Capt. }lartin, 98 less 14- 84Ca,pt. Steveuson, 104 less 20- 84Li ut. l"ergusson, 92 les. 7- 85LieuL '\Vallanc, 99 l e~s 12- 87Capt. Thaekeray, 94 kss 7- 87.'Iajor Hill, 102 less 14- 88Lieut. ilwllic. llO less 18- 92Jliout.. Gcrard, III \esR Hl- 0:3LieuL Huol'ol'. 113 less 20- 93Major Prcntiel'. LO!) less 14-- !l5Lien!. Dalryrnple, .. 128 ll'sS 24- 104Liput. )l'Konzip. .. 17!l less 20- 159N 'rES from Married Quarters have been fewand far between, but this number of theCHRONICLE cannot go to press without theboasts of several attractions, inelucling acollection of Watts' pictures, and an inter·esting pottery, both of which \Ve visited onarrival. Then sumeone murmured "Tea,"and in the old·fashioned garden of t.he villageinn we found a long table laden with goodthing . By this time several of the husbandshad bic)Telecl out from barracks n ud madet,hemselves quite useful. A fine old churchwas afterwards visitecl by some of the party.while the more energetic ones disportedthemselves in an adjoining meadow :lndindulged in various races. fiergt.·jiajorFindlay and COl-p1. Wilcnck officiated wit,1tthe rope t'01' the Rk ippin~ competition, :trillrecOJ'J of a ino t. enj oya bl afteraoon Hp nt,by th ~ Jtle)ub . of t lL Working Party hellforT.night.! • 1)y ~rs. Wolf - u rny rlurin rr theinter. 'l'hese sewing meetings ha,v apparutIheen al) reci.:.Ltcd, to j udge by thenumbers who attended re", lnrIy, )ft 11 in bad\ 11.11 , an ti it is h ped that some u£ thel"sults (I{ th e work nmy Hppeat' oil ho 2ndB ttali n Iltoll Ilt the fOdhco ill" bazaar illlasgow W W • lucky in It· V lll t.. 11 lovelyduy for our outing. In t \\ large b m ke.s" stal'ted ofi' at 2 r. m. on 20t h Ma. t on RneigJlt-mil drive ltton" t he Hog's Bacl' toCOlnpt.un. "'his pictu resque little ill agelllust I1 I1\'e found their tu k nearly sa arduouset" a (lay tLt H ) tford BI'idge FIAt.. nl~ urtll (' ompetitor for t he potato·alHi-spu()1l l'acrn.s disq ua lified for llsing a fr ·ing..pan andt.tu:nip f r th ' pU1'p03e. ..\.s usual we conel nd dthe sports wi.th n reel, 130y Ke llllt~dy havilU!(; 0 )11 out ill one uf t he brakes t 111fl} fo r ll'1.j tl's. "rollr-.YlLll'l'fl y then l're:; n tell the prizes\ Oll duriu[, tll c s Jternoon, [~nd tltcr t!te T ev.Dr. Sim:r:ns, Oil jlehalf of all present, hll,rpl'oposed 1\ }Hlarty vote of t ha.nks to h r r (Jj'h r kind hospitalit· wc started 0 11 our bO)Jlf ·ward way, ca nTin .'~ \'('1')' pleasant J[[ Dl rie:!of a happy day.